Mail-box stand and shelter.



T. E. CLARKE. MAIL BOX STAND AND SHELTER.

APILIOATION TILED SEPT. 2, 1913.

Patented June 30,1914.

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ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH c0., WASHINQTON. D. c.

THOMAS E. CLARKE, OF SAN GABRIEL, CALIFORNIA.-

MAIL-BOX STAND AND SHELTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J U116 30, 1914.

Application filed September 2, 1913. Serial No. 787,672.

To all whom it may concern:

e it known that T, THOMAS E.

geles, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Mail- 0x Stand and Shelter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction stand and shelter individual mail boxes along mail delivery routes matter too large to be placed in individual mail boxes.

Residents along the many rural free deposts and no suitable shelter is provided or mail which cannot be placed in the boxes.

The object of this invention is to provide a stand having a shelf of sufiicient h to accommodate all of the private mail boxes in each of said groups and also room and shelter for parcels too large to be placed in said boxes. By assembling the boxes of each group in one. place the work of the carrier is simplified and facilitated. These mail box stands are generally conspicuously located on well traveled high either for mation, displayed in connection with the brace connecting the upper ends of the standards supporting the device has been so designed as to provide a limited sign space. This member While giving to the stand the necessary stability also adds greatly to the value of the device.

construction by means of which these accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the dotted line a a in Fi 1, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken at Z -b in Fig. 2.

Throughout the actors indicate like the details of construction 5 each turned forming shoulders 5 which resting upon the stand while the other ded in the ground hold the device upright.

he upper ends of the standards are securely held together and parallel to each other by brackets Qwhich he standards 5.

consisting of two or more slats which extend between the brackets 9.

11 is a mail box of which any required number may be provi ed. The boxes may be loosely placed upon the shelf or may e secured by bolts, screws or other fasteners to the shelf. he space between the mai boxes and on top of them provides ample space for parcels and in a position where they are sheltered by the roof.

' durable form In a mail box stand and shelter, the comthroughi bination of standards each consisting of by said brackets; all substantially as deangle irons bolted together; a plate extendl scribed and for the uses and purposes set ing between the upper ends of said standforth.

ards and securely riveted to each; brackets attached to said standards beneath said \Vitnesses: plate; a roof supported by said brackets; E. P. MoKEssoN, and a shelf beneath said roo-E also supported B. MITCHELL.

THOMAS E. CLARKE.

1 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 6).. 

